networking

It has been almost a year since I rejoined Cisco. The one question I have been asked hundreds of times by co-workers, former co-workers, employees, reporters and others is: “Why did you go back?” By way of background, I spent 15 formative years at Cisco, starting in Tech Support and moving thr…

Network automation is not just for the engineers who configure and run the networks. When you write code to be run on your network hardware, consider that some of it will help others in their roles too. With network automation, new or service upgrade deployments can be done to expand capacity, or ad…

When the telephone rings in the IT department, you can bet there’s an unhappy user on the other end. “I can’t connect.” “My app won’t load.” “The network keeps kicking me off.” “The wireless has been flakey for two weeks.” The only thing more certain than dissatisfied users is a frustrated IT depart…

There is no question that it’s a hard-knock life to be an IT professional in the age of Digital Transformation, which promises to upend just about every aspect of what it means to be an IT expert. The result of this is that IT pros can expect to deal with more and more complexities in their jobs whi…

Hello all, This is the last blog post of 2017. It truly has been a great year for our team. We launched the RV340, RV340W, RV345 and RV345P VPN Security Routers. These RV Series models provide business firewall protection and high-performance network access and protects businesses from unwanted con…

2017 was a pivotal year for enterprise networking. In 2016, the internet crossed a milestone threshold when it reached an annual run rate of one Zettabytes, with the majority on mobile devices. As the Zettabyte era dawned, networking needed to be brought up to speed. And this year, I am proud to say…

Today’s network was devised decades ago. Over the years, it has been stretched to meet the ever-growing needs of enterprises – tinkered, tweaked and extended. It is time for a major reset. To take on this major shift in networking, we at Cisco introduced the Network Intuitive earlier this year…

    The Software-Defined Networking Movement Cisco has been leading the charge into enterprise software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) with its industry-leading Intelligent WAN (IWAN) solution. A complementary Meraki-based solution addresses the SD-WAN needs of the smaller enterprise a…

“How’s work going? How was your day?” It’s what one of my closest friends asked me recently over coffee. Usually, people ask it casually, along with “What about this weather?” or “Did you see the game last night?” I don’t think she expected the complex, passionate reply she got from me. “You must re…